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[thefvrious]

@blumhouses sent -> indulge .   find  raleigh  drinking  to  cope .

Raleigh Buchanan wasn't an alcoholic by any stretch of the imagination, but he certainly enjoyed soothing the ache of a particularly nasty burn with a couple of shots of gin. It tasted like Christmas trees, if you asked him, and he was a pleasant drunk. It was better than being stuck in his feelings, anyway.

When Romy sauntered through the door, Raleigh sat up right and shot back the rest of the gin in his glass with a satisfied little his, wiping his mouth on the back of his arm. "Hey, princess!" He said, offering her a bright grin. "Care do join your old man for supper?"

[ofmdrecaps]

07/27-28/2024 Daily OFMD Recap

TLDR; David Jenkins; Taika Waititi; Galaxy Con Raleigh: Kristian, Con, Vico, and Nathan; Bronson Pinchot; Minnie Driver; Kay Buchanan; Adopt Our Crew: Articles; Voting Reminders; Fan Spotlight; Love Notes; Daily Darby/Today's Taika

== David Jenkins ==

David posed an interesting question to the gallery. (I know many weeks back someone was mentioning a similar thing being related to Non-Binary Folks, not sure if that was Chaos Dad's intent or not, but you can answer on Instagram if you'd like!)

Source: David Jenkins Instagram

Dad also reblogged the absolutely INSANELY talented @blueberreads' fabulous latest pixel video!

Source: David Jenkins Twitter / Blueberreads Tumblr == Taika Waititi ==

More Taika at the Louis Vuittan Pre-Olympics event.

Source: styledumonde Instagram

PS: I didn't wanna post her post here but sending healing thoughts to Rita Ora (Taika's wife), apparently she was hospitalized in the last couple days. Hope you feel better soon Rita! Rest up hon!

== Galaxy Con Raleigh Updates ==

So many pictures came out of GalaxyCon Raleigh! I was only able to get permission from a few folks-- but if you were there and you'd like me to share them on the recap please feel free to reach out! I'd love to!

Poor Kristian was jet lagged pretty bad.

Source: Kristian's IG Stories

So much Nathan!

Source: Nathan Foad's Instagram Stories

= GalaxyCon Raleigh Panel ==

Tell Tale TV was at the panel and will be bringing some more news in the upcoming days!

Source: Tell Tale TV Twitter

The fabulous @/cecillusive on Twitter was kind enough to let me share their transcriptions of the panel! If you have access to twitter, you can see the Full thread here. First up, apparently audio captioning was displaying what was being said backstage!

Source: Cecillusive Twitter

== Bronson Pinchot ==

Bronson is back with more Ned Low showing up in his Serge clips!

== Minnie Driver ==

Fun news! Minnie will be voicing the new Oswalda Cobblebot (The Penguin) in the animated movie: Batman: Caped Crusade, which arrives August 1!

She was also out at San Diego Comic Con this past week promoting it!

Source: Minnie Driver's Instagram

== Kay Buchanen ==

Our extremely talented leatherworker, Kay Buchanan has been posting some stunning work she's been doing-- including what's available for sale! Are you in the market for some satchels, body harnesses, leather armor, or tassel bags? Well she's got you covered! Visit her Instagram for more info!

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== Adopt Our Crew: Articles ==

Adopt our crew spotlighted some quotes from the latest screenrant article that mentioned OFMD and there's some very interesting honk-inducing information in there. Thank you @adoptourcrew for keeping the honk going!

Source: Adopt Our Crew's Twitter

== Voting Reminders ==

Only a couple more days to vote for Rhys and OFMD in the Gold Derby Awards! Reminder, you do need to sign up with an email/account to vote! Vote here! Thank you @adoptourcrew for keeping us reminded!

Source: Adopt Our Crew Twitter

We're a down by part of a % on the Tell Tale TV Poll! It closes at the end of July! If you are up for voting-- you can do so every day! Most Heartbreaking Cancellation of 2024 So Far Poll

== Fan Spotlight ==

= Cast Cards =

More cast cards from the wonderful @melvisik! Ken S. is an action extra in OFMD and Alison Telford is another one of the Casting Directors!

Source: @melvisik's Instagram

= OFMD Colouring Pages =

Our darling @patchworkpiratebear is keeping us fed with more and more ofmd colouring pages! Many of these also have multiple versions now so please check out @patchworkpiratebear's tumblr for more options!

Source: PatchworkPirateBear's Tumblr

== Love Notes ==

Hey lovelies, I'm still on crazy hours for work and will be probably through the end of July. I am always thinking of you though, I hope every one of you is well and having a good or at least not too heavy start to the week <3

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== Daily Darby / Today's Taika ==

Tonight's gifs are courtesy of the lovely, the fantastic, the beautiful, the awesome @ofmd-ann and @starfleetavenger-blog!

[lewdcanons]

lewdcanons is a secondary blog of @sparsilelove and @aeipathiclove -- all guidelines of my main blog apply here too! this page is for all my (likely canon divergent) adult plots involving canon characters. while i'm usually picky about canons and their portrayal, everything here is a little more chill and entirely #toohornyformain. characters under the cut 🥴

a note on gender: * indicates a genderswapped character. all muses can be played as cis or trans, but please don't use feminisation kink with trans guys in threads with me. i'm trans myself and it makes me super dysphoric, thanks!

for all of the fandoms mentioned, i'll most likely play anyone from that fandom -- just send me a message on main and we'll figure it out.

comics - dc:

bruce wayne (henry cavill or ben affleck)

conner kent (joshua orpin)

damian wayne (anthony keyvan)

dick grayson (brenton thwaites)

garfield logan (ryan potter)

jason todd (curran walters, noah centineo or matthew daddario)

jon kent (michael cimino)

timothy drake (tyler lawrence gray or jay lycurgo)

comics - marvel:

clint barton (alexander ludwig, sam claflin or boyd holbrook)

frank castle (jon bernthal)

kane bishop* (ryan potter or tanner buchanan)

matt murdock (charlie cox or cameron monaghan)

miles morales (jharrel jerome)

peter parker (nick robinson or tom holland)

steve rogers (chris evans)

movies - scream:

billy loomis (felix mallard or skeet ulrich)

chad meeks-martin (mason gooding)

ethan landry (jack champion)

quinn bailey* (cameron monaghan)

richie kirsch (jack quaid)

troy carpenter* (michael cimino)

movies - misc:

duncan idaho (jason mamoa)

indiana jones (john krasinski or chris pratt)

james bond (thomas doherty or henry cavill)

leto atreides (oscar isaac)

nick gant (finn cole)

paul atreides (timothee chalamet)

raleigh becket (charlie hunnam)

sebastian valmont (aron piper)

tyler durden (charlie hunnam) and the narrator (robert pattinson)

tv - fate: the winx saga:

dane (theo graham)

riven (freddie thorp)

sam (jacob dudman)

saul silva (rob james-collier)

sky (danny griffin)

tv - misc:

bobo del rey (michael eklund)

doc holliday (tim rozon)

geralt of rivia (henry cavill)

joel miller (pedro pascal)

nick scratch (gavin leatherwood)

tv - riverdale:

archie andrews (kj apa)

barney cooper* (hunter doohan or froy gutierrez)

fp jones (skeet ulrich)

jughead jones (cole sprouse)

vernon lodge* (rafael silva)

tv - shadowhunters:

bat velasquez (rafael silva)

clarence fairchild* (kj apa)

jace herondale (finn cole or dominic sherwood)

simon lewis (asa butterfield or alberto rosende)

tv - teen wolf:

alexander argent* (thomas doherty or manu rios)

chris argent (john krasinski or milo ventimiglia)

derek hale (richard madden, michael trevino or tyler hoechlin)

isaac lahey (archie renaux or paul mescal)

liam dunbar (jordan elsass, rudy pankow or dylan sprayberry)

noah stilinski (ben affleck or timothy olyphant)

peter hale (jensen ackles or sebastian stan)

stiles stilinski (nico hiraga or dylan o'brien)

theo raeken (jacob elordi, gavin leatherwood or cody christian)

[thefvrious]

Raleigh wanted to be better for her, but he knew the reality. His job meant that he was sort of the fall guy. If someone needed to go to jail, why not Raleigh Buchanan? He’d been in the slammer enough times as was, even though, when she was little, he’d pleaded. What good had that done him? He had nothing to show for it but a RAP sheet longer than Santa’s naughty list.

“I didn’t think you were secretly dating him, darlin’. I just thought maybe you might like him as more’n friends and you hadn’t perhaps given that much thought before now? Maybe you don’t even know how you really and truly feel for him, we’ll see.” He drawled shrugging his shoulders and offering her his best Buchanan smile. He couldn’t help but be happy she’d been single for so long — it meant no one had hurt her in that many years, either.

Rolling his eyes too, he scoffed, “Ya never know? One’a these boys you introduce me to might be your future husband.” He paused, looking her over curiously. “If you’re into that sort of thing.” One could never be too sure. He laughed, shaking his head, “I think maybe he likes you as more than a friend, especially if you been batting those lashes at him.”

Romy wanted to help her dad, wanted him to try and stay out of prison because he had already missed so much of her life that now she was grown all she wanted was for him to be around to help her transition into adulthood completely. Did she actually think that would happen though? Probably not but it wasn't going to keep her from hoping.

Laughing when he mentioned mixed signals, she shrugged her shoulders and grabbed water from the fridge, shaking her head. "Don't know what mixed signals I'm giving you there, Dad, but I've been single for the last..five years now and he's not secretly my boyfriend. I would tell you if I was actually dating someone."

"You say meeting boys like you're meeting my future husband or something. But I did say that you're right and he's the only person I'm close with so I will ask him and if he tries to refuse me, I'll just bat my eyes at him and get him to crumble at my feet because, like all guys, he's a sucker for that."

[thefvrious]

@jigsawfcrged wanted raleigh

Staring up at them from where he sat, Raleigh gave them an earnest expression and confession. "Listen, you gotta believe me. I just stumbled across that shit. I may be a lot of things, but I'm not a killer. Look at my record, not a damned violent offense on there..."

[thefvrious]

@ofginjxints wanted raleigh

Weaving through the dark city streets, the further they get from the mark, the more at ease Raleigh feels. He's only been out a few weeks since his latest stint, and the anxiety hasn't washed itself off of him yet. Turning to offer Michael a sideways grin, he whoops and pats the other man on the shoulder. "You're one helluva driver, my friend." He says, kicking the bag of cash under the dash as he lights up a cigarette and half leans out the window. There's no high quite like this.

[thefvrious]

Raleigh didn't want to upset his daughter ever, and he hated that she had to see him shooting back a glass of gin. When her eyes landed on the bottle, he followed them, then pushed the bottle away. "Only had a few drinks, promise." He said with the nod of his head. He wasn't even tipsy.

Raleigh stood and walked over to Romy, kissing the top of her head. "Don't gotta worry about cookin', sugar plum, daddy's got it all taken care of." In deed, he had a chicken casserole in the oven. "Almost ready. Tell me about your day."

Romy had been out with Uzzi as she promised him the day once studying was done, getting up to the shenanigans that he had planned before heading home and when she was greeted with the sight of the gin bottle, her brow furrowed.

"Oh no, what happened?" She asked, dropping her bag on the ground by the door before making her way over to him. "Food sounds great though, all I had money for was a petite scone and that only lasted two bites before it was gone. want me to cook?"

[thefvrious]

Raleigh was glad that his daughter had someone in her life as a constant, someone to be there for her when he couldn't. He wanted the best for her and would never try to stand in the way of that, which was why he had promised to himself to be on his best behavior today. He didn't want to run Uzzi off or intimidate him too much, even if Raleigh was still coming to terms with meeting someone who might mean something to his baby girl.

"Well, ain't that just the way some people are, my li'l dandelion?" He asked when she suggested, once more, that Uzzi was just nervous by nature. "I'll try my damnedest to make sure I don't add onto none of that stress for him, just for you." He said this with a smile, leaning forward to tweak her chin like he used to do when she was small. God, he loved her so much. "Nah... luckily for you, you took after me in the most important ways... you're a good girl. And you don't hafta go chasin' after anybody, either."

Uzzi had been there for her a lot of the time when her dad was away. He was a constant and she never really understood why he never walked away from her but she was grateful for it. Without him, she wouldn't have made it through some of the more trying times at college or when things went South with Raleigh.

"Yeah, I think it might be that mixed with he's just a nervous person in general, always has been since the day I met him. He's got a good heart though and I think you'll like that about him." Or at least she hoped her dad liked him, that would be awkward. "Oh, great, well I definitely don't take over mom that's for sure. If..and there's a very big if..he does then I'll cross that bridge when I get to it. I never really thought about that he might."

[thefvrious]

If Raleigh knew that Romy had been forced so many times to choose between him and her personal life, he would have felt immensely guilty. The last thing he wanted was to stand in the way of his daughter living the best life she could. That had always been his motivation, even if it was a little misguided. He would stop at nothing to give her the best. Perhaps that was why they had grown so close?

Raleigh laughed when Romy expressed that Uzzi was a nervous person. He was somewhat surprised that she would get mixed up with someone like that but thought it was sweet all the same. "I don't suppose many people would be jazzed to meet the only daughter's convicted felon dad." He quipped with a grin and a wink. If the tables were turned, he'd probably have been as nervous as Uzzi. "I'm generally a good read on these kinds of things, so I'll be sure to let you know if I think I sense he has feelings. Like I said, he'd be crazy not to. Even if that complicates things for you." He was still grinning, he wanted something good for her and maybe Uzzi could be that? "your mother was very forward about her interest in me... there were never any questions."

Romy had tried settling down for a while, she wanted to feel safe and loved and someone that was going to come home after a long day at work but every time she thought she was getting there with someone, something would happen. Whether it be they couldn't handle her devotion to her dad or they wanted someone with fewer complications in their life. She never thought her father was a complication and it always seemed to boil down to choosing them or her dad and she was naturally going to choose her dad over anyone else.

"Uzzi is a naturally nervous person, you should have seen his face when I asked him to come over for dinner and meet you," she laughed, recalling the deer in headlights look and how she couldn't stop laughing over it. "Well, see, if he does then I'm blind to it which wouldn't be surprising when it comes to me would it?" Normally anyone that's been interested in her has been the one to actually say something to her instead of beating around the bush. "If he does then I'll have to deal with that when the time comes because I'm not willing to lose my best friend over that. He's the only other good thing in my life right now besides you. How did you know mom was into you? Or do I want to know the answer? "

[thefvrious]

Raleigh had a lot of regrets, but he couldn’t go back in time, and there was no sense wasting any of the present lamenting over what could’a, should’a, would’a been. Instead, he promised himself to work harder toward the future, to always, always be there when she needed him now. Even before, when he was locked up, he had people on the outside looking out for her. She was the one thing he did right, and he was going to make sure she turned out good, too.

He’d never settled down either and, at this point, probably never would. He and her mom had been nothing more than a fling, they were never destined for the long haul, as evidenced by her up and leaving shortly after Romy was born. Raleigh wouldn’t be surprised if she turned out like him, never one for one of those long, all consuming relationships.

“Oh, I don’t doubt he’ll show up... I just wonder if he’ll be nervous, that’s all.” Raleigh replied with a bright grin. He could already tell by her language that this boy probably had feelings for his daughter, and he was going to have to be the one to tell her that her friendship was more than that. How would she take it? Raleigh had yet to see a situation where a man and a woman could just be friends. “Darlin’, I’m quite certain he’s got eyes for ya... just waiting for the proof to walk through the door.”

As much as she would have loved to say she didn't go through those teenage angst years, she went through them rather hard because there were a lot of things that he missed. So many things that she had wanted him there for. The fact that he tried though meant something, her anger ebbed away as her body stopped messing with her and now she wouldn't leave him for anything or anyone in the world. He had to have one person at his side and she was going to be that person.

Marriage didn't sound like something she'd ever want. Being tied down to someone and having no easy way out made her skin crawl. Or maybe she just hadn't found that person in her life yet to make her feel that was something she would want.

"He'll show up, he wouldn't back out on me," Romy said, shaking her head. "Uzzi doesn't like upsetting me and this would really upset me so...yeah. I love that you're going to give me a report, it'll be nice to hear from a male's perspective because maybe you'll see something that I don't." Though now he had her wondering if Uzzi really was into her as more than a friend. She would know that though, right?

[thefvrious]

Raleigh could still remember the I hate you! phase Romy went through — all that shit heavy on his heart, the memories faint and somehow a fresh wound all the same. He'd done his best after the first utterance of those words to make sure his daughter changed her mind about him. He did what he could when he was home — which was everything — and, when he was away, he wrote her letter after letter. Something flipped in her — he'd be eternally grateful for that. She was all he had in this wide world, and he'd do anything to keep her safe.

Shifting slightly, Raleigh nodded his head, his hands up, palms out like in some sort of resignation. "Alright, alright. I hear you." He said with a chuckle. "NO marriage any time soon — if ever." He wasn't torn up about it. No marriage meant no possible divorce. It meant less chance for heartache.

Raleigh nodded again, "Mhm. Sure will be keeping my eye on that one." He grinned wide and playful. "I'll give you a detailed report after dinner. Think he's gonna show up here all nervous to meet your ex-con dad?"

Romy had gone through the stage where she had convinced herself that she hated him but that was when she was a small child and then she hit teenage years and that seemed to stop all together. He was her dad and when he was there, he was completely present. That's all that mattered but then again, Romy was extremely forgiving when it came to people she cared about.

He was right about one thing, she had never given much thought to Uzzi other than the fact he was her friend and they got on really good together. That's all it was. Right?

"Well, so far that hasn't happened and any boy that you've met so far has married someone at this point, in a serious relationship or doesn't live anywhere around here so I highly doubt that it will happen with one of them. Besides, I don't know if I want to be married. It gets sticky if things don't work out, you know? When you're just together, you don't have to worry about the money, the property, or any of that. Well, since he's coming to dinner, I guess you can tell me if he possibly likes me more than a friend. How about that?"

[thefvrious]

Romy got her sense of loyalty from her father, and he was proud to have bestowed that upon her. If she could get only his positive traits, then maybe she'd be alright. He had faith in her. She was already blossoming into quite the respectable young woman.

Raleigh's eyes narrowed slightly as she gassed her 'friend' up then seemed surprised that he wanted to meet the guy. "C'mon, Rome. You're givin' your dear old dad here some reaaaaal mixed signals." He said, brows rising as he took another drink from the ice cold can in his hand. Was this Uzzi fella really only a friend or was there maybe something there lurking under the surface that she hadn't given much thought to?

It certainly seemed like more than friends to Raleigh, but what did he know?

"I want to be a part of your life. As you pointed out, I missed about half of it, so... ya know, I gotta be there for what I can. And that, unfortunately, is going to include meeting boys."

Raleigh was a good father, anyone who dared doubt that always got an earful from Romy - she would defend him with her dying breath. He may not have always been there for her growing up but he provided for her and that was important to her.

"Uzzi is a great guy, Dad," she assured him. He was the type of guy that you would bring home to your parents because he was respectful - at least to her. Except this wasn't the type of 'bringin' him home to dad' that most people would - Uzzi was her friend. Nothing more. She didn't have time to think about romance anyway.

"Well, that kind of happens when you miss out on a little over half of my life," she teased him while hugging him back. "Really? You actually want me to bring a boy home? Wow, are you feeling okay?" She pressed the back of her hand to his forehead and smiled. "I'll ask him, I'm sure he'll say yes."

[thefvrious]

Raleigh didn't know how to be anything but a criminal. It was what he had been born and bred for, he was certain of it, and his one accomplishment in life was to say that he had provided the sort of life to his daughter that meant she could pursue something else. He had put money away, had made sure she had good places to go when he was in prison, made sure the right people took care of her. If there was nothing else, he had that. And he held onto it.

As she spoke about her friend, he tried not to have a typical 'dad' response, but it was difficult. He grumbled a little but eventually relented, nodding his head. "Alright... if he's a friend of yours, and you vouch for him, i guess I can give him a chance." Raleigh said with a sigh, pushing the bottle of gin and glass away from his person before standing up, going over to the fridge, and retrieving a can of Coke. He cracked the tab and took a drink, watching his daughter all along.

"I just don't know when you got all grown... it's like I blinked... and you're a woman." He smiled slightly, shaking his head before leaning forward to give her a one-armed hug. "You should invite your friend over sometime. I'll cook up something and you guys can tell me all about school."

Raleigh was her father and sure, there were people that said she shouldn't give him the time of day but he was blood. He helped create her, she wasn't going to toss that away over the mistakes he made. He always made it up to her in some way. You don't toss family away, no matter what wrongs they do. At least it wasn't murder, that would have changed things she imagined.

He bumped her cheek against his shoulder at the kiss before laughing when he asked if there was something he needed to know about Uzzi. "No, he's harmless, he just likes to be reckless sometimes. He's a really good friend to me though and does keep me safe so if I ever bring him over, please don't give him that glare that you give some people when you're trying to secretly warn them about doing something dumb with me. He's not a bad person., I think he may actually like me as more than a friend but honestly? I can't read him. I'm not good at that stuff."

Hearing his reasoning behind the gin, her cheeks puffed out before she sighed. "As long as demons don't make you go back down that road, I won't worry. But this is me we're talking bout, I always worry about you, Dad."